This post was inspired by a recent conversation with a DBA followed by reading The Curse of Relational Databases (especially the comments) posted at Grant Fritchey ’s SQL Server Central blog . I have two points to make: As of mid-2014 a physical person Read More...

John Sansom ( Blog | @SqlBrit ) is committed to sharing “what I believe it takes to be an outstanding Data Professional.” To that end, John shepherded a book project called DBA JumpStart . The concept of the (free!) e-book is: “If you could give a DBA Read More...

I am honored to present at SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh 18 Sep 2010! I get to deliver two talks: Building Your First SSIS Package (Beginner) Database Design for Developers (Intermediate) If you read this blog and will be attending SQL Saturday #46 , introduce Read More...

Introduction Andy Warren ( Blog - @sqlAndy ) is a DBA's DBA. He is a friend and mentor. He calls 'em like he sees 'em, and I haven't seen him pull a punch yet. I requested an interview with Andy before I learned of the transfer of SQL Saturday to PASS. Read More...

If you're going to be in the Richmond Virginia area Thursday afternoon / evening, drop by the RichmondSQL meeting and hear Tim Ford (aka SqlAgentMan ) present! Tim is awesome. He hosts and moderates the SQL Quiz Bowl at the PASS Summit every year, and Read More...

Introduction I was talking to my team this morning and we were wondering about some design decisions. One of the things that came out of the discussion was: Database professionals think differently. Differently? How? A little story: Before I was a database Read More...

Introduction I was tagged by Joe Webb for this question circulating through the inter-tubes. Joe and I shared a cab to the airport after the PASS Summit 2008. If you've never had the opportunity to share a cab with Joe, I highly recommend it. He's one Read More...

I am honored to be selected to present at the 2008 PASS Summit ! I'm presenting two sessions: Test-Driven Development For Database Professionals and SSIS Scripting . I've been working on the presentations recently and realize there will be a few minutes Read More...

"My name is Andy Leonard. I tweet." "Hi Andy, we love you." It's true, I am a bona fide Twitter -holic. If you use the service you may have noticed disruptions lately. Frank La Vigne (recently married - congratulations Frank!) blogged about it. The Twitter Read More...

Buck Woody , Microsoft SQL Server Program Manager, recently posted a list of enhancements in the works for SQL Server 2008 RTM in the SQL Server MVP newsgroup. The usual suspects were included in the list: Policy-Based Management (formerly DMF), Resource Read More...

Eric Wise drew some heat from the developer community at CodeBetter.com with this post about the need for a DBA during development (see my post on the subject here ). I think Eric makes a couple good points, one explicit, one implied: 1. (Explicit) A Read More...

This re-post from my Applied Team System blog (which was a repost from my old SQL Server Central blog) was inspired by James Luetkehoelter 's Agile Development and the "DBA" post a few days back. I'll have more to say about database developers, agile Read More...